White Deer Studio, a 1,000-Year-Old Chinese College
White Deer College (白鹿书院), in Jiangxi Province, was a private university established 1,000 years ago with its heyday during Song…
Taoist Classic: Supreme Lord on Simplicity
During the middle of the Ming Dynasty (1368 – 1644), there were four men regarded as the top four talented…
The Love Story of a Chinese Mermaid
A talented young scholar had no money so he had no honey, and his rich and powerful fiancee's family wanted…
Qi Circulation and Acupoints in Chinese Medicine
Acupuncture basically works on qi than muscles or bones, and the way to reach the qi is through acupoints, very…
Ancient Chinese Oral Medicine
The earliest reference to oral hygiene practice can be found in The Book of Rites, a Confucius classics on state…
A 1000-Year-Old Brick Pagoda in Suzhou
Blessing Light Pagoda (瑞光塔) near Pan Water Gate in Suzhou has 8 elevations and 7 floors with a total height…
A Taoist Temple in the Middle of a River
The 9th Fairy’s Platform (九仙女台), a Daoist temple, was initially built during the Tang Dynasty in the middle of a…
The Heart Sutra
The Heart Sutra is one of the most important Buddhist classics, while hand-copying Heart Surra is a popular practice among…
Ancient Chinese Household Inventions
Toothbrushes These are the handles of toothbrushes used by ancient Chinese 1,000 years ago during the Song Dynasty (960 -1279).…
An Underground Mansion
This underground mansion in Horse Village, of Shanxi Province, is a tomb dating back to the Song Dynasty about 800…
Ancient Chinese Bowls
A Chinese bowl produced during the Song Dynasty (960 - 1279)
A Chinese Drone Flying in Near-Space
In the middle of 2017, Chinese engineers completed a near-space flight test for a drone that reached 20,100 km above…
Classic Chinese Porcelains
A 4,500-year-old ultra-thin "egg-shell" black ceramic wine cup was unearthed from Rizhao, Shandong province.
Encyclopedia on Classic Chinese Technology
The Exploitation of the Works of Nature (天工开物) is an encyclopedia on ancient Chinese technology, compiled by Song Yingxing (宋应星),…
A Giant Quantum Leap
Chinese scientists have established a quantum entanglement between particles 1200 kilometres apart, smashing the previous world record of 143 kilometres.…
The World’s Longest Manmade River: Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal
The Grand Canal was constructed during the Sui Dynasty by connecting numerous ancient waterways between the Kaifeng in Henan and…
Beijing Opera: Scattering Celestial Flowers on Earth
Boasting enlightenment while merely knowing what will be the true reality is still an existence in a fantasy
Ancient Chinese Terrace Pavilions
Looming on the shore of Lake Dongting in Hunan province, Yeyang Terrace (岳阳楼) is one of the three most celebrated…